Judgement, when it matters most.
Strategic advisory and diagnostic systems for leaders carrying consequential decisions — where capital, people, reputation, and legacy are in play.
I work with CEOs, founders, and boards navigating moments where responsibility cannot be delegated and the cost of getting it wrong is material. The work is calm, confidential, and designed to improve decision quality when the room gets serious.
UK & global • Confidential • By enquiry
This is not leadership development in the abstract.
Most senior leaders do not struggle because they lack capability. They struggle because decision quality erodes under pressure — noise increases, risk becomes politicised, and authority fragments. This work focuses on how judgement is exercised when stakes rise, how trust holds across power, and how decisions compound commercially and culturally over time.
THE WORK
Begin with the mode that matches the pressure you’re under. Most engagements start with Advisory or the Diagnostic. The BRAVE Leader is the capability system used when decision quality needs to hold across a senior team.
EXECUTIVE ADVISORY
Clarity when decisions carry consequence.
A confidential thinking partnership for strategic inflection points — capital decisions, scale, M&A, scrutiny, succession, and exit.
- Decision preparation and pressure-testing
- Trade-offs, constraints, and second-order consequences
- Narrative discipline under scrutiny
DIAGNOSTICS
Clarity before commitment.
A structured diagnostic for leaders who want a precise read on decision quality, leadership exposure, and organisational risk — before choosing the path forward.
- Pressure, context, and decision landscape
- Strengths, constraints, and leadership signals
- Clear recommendations for next steps
Leadership capability system
The BRAVE Leader
A structured capability framework for senior leaders operating in high-consequence environments — where authority, trust, and decision quality must hold under pressure.
- Decision quality under uncertainty
- Authority, accountability, and consequence
- Leadership coherence across complexity
EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SESSIONS
Sessions that recalibrate how leaders think and decide.
Selective keynotes, masterclasses and executive facilitation for organisations operating under pressure, where decisions carry second-order consequences.
- Leadership under pressure
- Critical decision-making
- Capital strategy and consequence
Insights
Essays on judgement, leadership under pressure, and capital consequence — written for leaders whose decisions will be audited later.
No spam. No noise. Just signal.
What you’ll find
- Decision-making under pressure
- Leadership coherence and accountability
- Capital, governance, and second-order consequences
- Narrative discipline for executives
Written in the same spirit as the work: precise, calm, and consequential.
If the decision is real, the conversation should be too.
Share the context, the stakes, and the time horizon. If it’s a fit, I’ll recommend the simplest next step.
No free consultations. No browsing calls. Just considered conversations.
Include in your note
- Your role and organisation
- The decision you’re carrying
- What is at stake
- Your timeline
The clearer the stakes, the sharper the work.